Comments on: Do links really matter? http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-154364 Scott Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:27:21 +0000 http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/index.php/archives/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/#comment-154364 @Jeff Well one that kind of got the ball rolling on this post for me was a conversation I had on Twitter with Raymond Lewallen about whether you should be passionate about software development or problem solving. He wrote a post here. http://codebetter.com/blogs/raymond.lewallen/archive/2007/12/27/are-you-a-problem-solver-or-a-developer.aspx At first, my ego said "He should have linked to your tweets.", but then I realized that my tweets wouldn't have enhanced hist post in any way and that my ego was petty and wrong. Raymond posted about one of the ideas I like to espouse, the idea that the problem should take the front seat to the technology. It doesn't matter that much if your algorithm runs really fast or if you're using DI to make your code more flexible if the code you're writing doesn't make the users job/life easier in some way. At least in terms of business programming. It's not an original idea and I can't claim ownership. Raymond said what I think much better than I did. To try to claim that his post required a link to my tweets showing inspiration would be wrong. @Jeff
Well one that kind of got the ball rolling on this post for me was a conversation I had on Twitter with Raymond Lewallen about whether you should be passionate about software development or problem solving. He wrote a post here.
http://codebetter.com/blogs/raymond.lewallen/archive/2007/12/27/are-you-a-problem-solver-or-a-developer.aspx
At first, my ego said “He should have linked to your tweets.”, but then I realized that my tweets wouldn’t have enhanced hist post in any way and that my ego was petty and wrong.

Raymond posted about one of the ideas I like to espouse, the idea that the problem should take the front seat to the technology. It doesn’t matter that much if your algorithm runs really fast or if you’re using DI to make your code more flexible if the code you’re writing doesn’t make the users job/life easier in some way. At least in terms of business programming. It’s not an original idea and I can’t claim ownership. Raymond said what I think much better than I did. To try to claim that his post required a link to my tweets showing inspiration would be wrong.

]]> By: Jeff Atwood http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-153588 Jeff Atwood Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:35:27 +0000 http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/index.php/archives/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/#comment-153588 what, specifically, are you referring to? what, specifically, are you referring to?

]]> By: th@talldude http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-151725 th@talldude Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:22:35 +0000 http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/index.php/archives/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/#comment-151725 <strong>Are You Linking? You Should Be....</strong> I just read a piece by Scott Koon, Do Links Really Matter? In it, he asks, If the point of your writing is to spread ideas or opinions that you’ve had, does a link really matter? Should you care if... Are You Linking? You Should Be….

I just read a piece by Scott Koon, Do Links Really Matter? In it, he asks, If the point of your writing is to spread ideas or opinions that you’ve had, does a link really matter? Should you care if…

]]> By: Shawn K http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-151712 Shawn K Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:37:45 +0000 http://www.lazycoder.com/weblog/index.php/archives/2008/03/28/do-links-really-matter/#comment-151712 Now that you have me thinking, I feel a blog post coming on. Now that you have me thinking, I feel a blog post coming on.

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